Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

A large example with horn grips, the silver mounts finely filigreed, nielloed, and heavily gilded. The robust blade with single offset fuller and long

A rare type, Ottoman or Imperial Russian work. The well-forged head of characteristic elongated form, fixed to the haft at the socket and at its lower

Rarely encountered, wrought of thick steel for use against firearms. Elaborately chiseled overall with finely detailed heroes and nobles hunting as we

With crested and carved pommel and bands of woven cord at the grip, with long blade. In its carved and rattan-bound wooden scabbard. First half of the

A form which was extremely popular throughout the Ottoman Empire, the walnut stock with baroque butt and chequered wrist with scrolling wire inlays. T

Of typical form, wrought entirely of engraved and nielloed silver. The double-edged blade with tapering tip and double fullers with struck maker’s mar

With hardwood stock of archaic form, embellished at the carved wrist and butt with profiled iron band and brass studs, together with a large brass coi

The robust head with well-profiled spikelets and forge-lapped tip, the faceted socket retaining a single langet. On its replaced wooden haft with late

The hardwood stock with characteristic flared butt, massive British flintlock mechanism marked 1810, with British lion. Octagonal barrel with silver i

A large example, the crested grip wrought entirely of copper and brass, with silvered ferrule. The massive blade with hardened edge. In its carved and